As I noted in my day job this week, Duncanville, Texas, a Best Southwest suburb of Dallas, has just a bit of red-light cam zealousness on low-tolerance enforcement.
Only Arlington, with 10 times the population, and Dallas, with 35 times, made more money on red-light cams than Duncanville last year. Or, to look at it another way, Plano, a city with almost eight times the population, made only two-thirds as much money on its more numerous cameras.
As for citations, neighboring city Cedar Hill, with a somewhat larger population, had only about one-eighth as many tickets.
In Duncanville, the vast majority of red-light camera citations come from just two intersections: southbound U.S. 67 service road at Cockrell Hill and Danieldale roads.
And, it also seems apparent that, if not a no-tolerance policy, Duncanville has a small-tolerance policy on stop-line issues.
Solution? Simple, camera-enforceable, and black and white.
But, it would probably cost the City of Red-Light Cams about $600,000.
Ban right-on-red turns at those two sites.
So, what say you, City Manager Kent Cagle? Mayor David Green? Police Chief Brown?
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